Improvement in rain-water cut-offs



THOMAS LEE. I Rain Water Cut offslPatentefiAprlHfi,I872, No.125,742. if

UNITED STATES THOMAS LEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAIN-WATER CUT-OFFS- Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 125,742, dated April 16, 1872.

I, THOMAS LEE, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented a Rainater Out'Oft', of which the following is aspecification:

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

My invention relates to a peculialy-formed hinged and sliding spout forrain-water pipes of buildings, whereby the rain may be conducted intothe cistern, or may be directed therefrom at will, so as to avoidsoiling the contents of the cistern with the comparatively dirtywashings of the roof at the commencement of a shower.

General Description with Reference to the Drawing.

the box B is an, opening, I), and hinged to said box, at or near thelower edges of said opening, is a spout, E whose outer edge, beingdepressed, as in Figs. 1 and 2, operates to discharge the effluences ofthe roof, or, being elevated and closed against the box, as in Fig. 3,operates to conduct them into the cistern. In order more eflectua-lly toaccomplish this purpose, the rear or inner edge of said hinged spout hasan upturned lip, e, andis connected by pivot F to a sliding section, G,which, in the open condition of the spout E, leads from pipe A into saidspout, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and in the closed condition of said spoutconducts the water directly downinto the cisternspout, as in Fig. 3.

C laim.

I claim as new and of my invention- The spout E, hinged at its center tothe box B, and provided with a lip, e, in combination with the slidingtube G pivoted to the spout E and pipes A 0, all constructed, arranged,and operated as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS LEE.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, EDWARD H. KNIGHT.

